* Madhavi Suram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010222 05:09] wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am running a C program in user space on FreeBSD 3.3 release. I got a
> warning like this:
>
> testing in free(): warning: modified (chunk-) pointer.
>
> testing is the name of the executable I am running.
>
> Could anyone tell me what this warning means? What may be the effect of
> this code when I shift it to kernel with due modifications?
It means you've most likely corrupted your malloc pool, meaning you've
written past/before the edge of an allocation you've done.
To fix it start being mor careful with pointers and checking array
bounds.
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